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THEODORE M. GONNER, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF PART TO THOMPSONM. OONNER AND JOHN B. DOUGAN, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

MACHINE FOR FORMING NETTED WIRE FABRICS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,067, dated February1, 1887.

Application filed October 23, 1886.

To on whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE M. OONNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Richmond, in the county of \Vayne and State of Indiana, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Forming Netted WireFabrics, of which the following is a specification.

' My invention relates to mechanism for producing netted wire fabric;and the purpose thereof is to provide an apparatus havingcontinuouspositive movement in which the marginal wires may beintroduced at different points to form netting of varying width, and inwhich the wires forming the netting pass from the spools in parallellines, and are'intersected by the travel of the spool-carriers, therebyforming the successive reticulations without the employment of othermechanism than the traveling spool-carriers.

It is also the purpose of myinvention to so construct and organize saidapparatus that it may be used in the formation of two distinct series ofreticulations, the intersections of the one being intermediateof thoseof theother, thereby producing a double net with parallel filaments.

It is my further purpose to combine with the netting apparatus mechanismwhereby the formed web may be advanced successively, the rate of speedbeing adj ustable, whereby the size. and relative form of the net-spacesmay be varied to adapt the fabric to special uses.

My invention consists in the several novel features of construction andcombinations of parts hereinafter fully set forth, and definitelypointed out in the claims following this specitication.

Referring to the drawings forming part of this application, Figure 1 isa section taken transversely to the line of feed of the machine. Fig. 2is aplan view. Fig. 3 is-a vertical section takenin the line of feed ofthe machine.

' Fig. 4.- is a detaiL perspective showing the 4 switch-actuatingdevices. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective of one of the spool-carriers.Fig. 6 is a detail section of oneof the spool-carriers with the spool inplace. Fig. 7 is a diagram showing the course of the spool in the.process Serial No. 217,080. (No model.)

having an equal gear, 4, intermeshing with the adjacent gears upon eachside. The shafts 3 are mounted within the plate by means of washers 5and nuts 6, lying outside the support,while the gears 4 lie upon theinner face of the plate 2, each shaft having support at one end only.Near the gear '4, upon each shaft, are mounted rigidly twospool-carrying disks, 7, having notches or semicircular seats 8, asshown in Figs. 1 and 5, one of said disks being placed near the free orunsupported end of t'heshaft and the other near the opposite end. Theentire train of gears is driven by a master-gear, 9, mounted upon aprolongation of one of the shafts 3, and revolved by power from anysuitable source.= The number of the shafts 3 may be practically withoutspecial limit, though I have shown in the drawings five only. 1

The numeral 10-denotes what may be termed a spool or bobbin frame,consisting of an oblong frame having at each end cylindrical bearings11, adapted by theirsize to lie within the seats 8 of the disks 7.Eachframe is also provided with flanged friction-rolls 12, mounted justoutside the'bearings l1, and through the journal at one end of thecarrier-frameis formed an eye or opening, 13, within which the wire 14.lies as it passes from a spool, 15, mounted in bearingsl6 upon the sidesof the spool or bobbin frames.

Upon the frame of the machine, in the same vertical planes with thefriction-rolls 12, are

rigidly mounted guide-plates 17, parallel with each other and havingintersecting circular openings l8, which are concentric with and of 9 5somewhat greater diameter than the notched disks 7. As the latterrevolve, the spool-frames l0, lying in the notches or seats 8, aresupported one pairiofdisiks iand lodgediin the scatsor l i i iheadpivotedat;theintersectionioi':theicircu Y lar 1 openings in: theplates; 17.: two: of: said:

. p p p p action is. produced by means of lever, 23, pivoted to a:rigidsupport, 2.1,,and Coupled by v a fork, :25, t0; the :lowcr :end ofthe lever 21$ i The free end 23? of this lever runs in a ringeratcd' byone Y by the curved edges: of; said plates} as shown Y tion of WhlClIthespool orbobbin framesarej at ntervals withdrawn from the seats 8 inthe notches of the 'adjacentand op positeiya'evolving; disks, wherebythe spools: are caused to traverse a path whi h: c rresponds to: theform; of afigure 8. These switches are thrown by connected at orncartheir'ends. The plates 17 Y are each provided with: switches Ihaving; similar arrangement and; action, leach consist-i ing of ametallic point resembling a spearswitches being placedabove and twobelow in alternate order; The lever 2L actuates the: switches on oneplate, anda similarlever, 22;, rigidly connected to it, operates thoseupon the; other plate, the; upper switches: being moved by theconnecting rods 20, iandvthe lower, onesb; Y similar rods. 20?

g;.;1,)driven;by a; gear, 27,; ope of: the ,tram; or Y gears 34.: 3 The;

ring-cam. is double, or, in other words. consists ofalioutc-i poses thecam-surfaces, is pivoted a dog, 29, by which,as the lune revolvcsthefree end 23" of the lever 23 is carried alternately from the inner tothe outer surface of the lune, and vice Versa, thcrcby impartingvibration at regular intervals to the lever 23 and reciprocating theswitcha-ods.

In front of the plates 19, and separated from them by a suitableintervahare feed-rolls 30, one of which receives at each revolution ofthe powershaftapartial revolution. This feed is given by a lever, 31,pivoted upon the journal of the roll, and carrying a pawl, 32, whichtakes into the teeth of a ratchet, 33,.rigid on the roll-shaft. Thislever 31 is vibrated by a cam-foot-, 34:, which rises against and liftsa le ver, 35, pivotally mounted at one end on the frame, and linked atthe other end to t-hclevcr 31 by a connection, 36. The marginal wires ofthe net pass between these rolls, as shown in Fig. 2, and are advancedat regular intervals a distance necessary for the formation of the web.The operation of the mechanism thus described is as follows: Thcspools15, being filled with wire of proper caliber, are placed within thespoolframes 10, and the ends of the wires are drawn through the openings13, as shown in Fig. 6. The spool-frames are then placed in the seats 8of the disks 7, substantially in the manner shown in Fig. 1. Themarginal wires 37 are then inserted within thehollow shafts 3,preferably 'perniiit their introduction between the feed Y aasasrsa thetwo ends oftheitriain of gears,

as shown in Fig. 2, Y althoughztihisarrangement may be varied and themarginal wires inserted in the shaftsnext to, the outer ones, and:thereby;

used to formanettingof less width. 1 Thecnds} I I 1 ofthe: wires ai-cdrawn throughiar enough to rolls 30, and the apparatus is then set inmo- Elston; Thcspool-iframesild are by the :revolm tion of the disks 7carried around the "circle described by the seats 8 in 'the'said disks,and

after: a f given number of revolutions each frame iszwithd rawn from thedisk in? which it rests, and lodgedin the seats of the adjacent andoppositely-revel viing disks, by: which :it isf caused todcscribeasimizlar number of revol u Y. Y

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5 the hollowshaft on which the spool: attherigh t ticns, after which itis returned to the original.

twistatsuchpoint, having asmanyturnsas I I Y the spools make distinct irevolutions after the f The path of the spool is clearly stews in Fig};7, the broken line showingthe Y initial movc m ei it byz wlii chzth'ewire islooped i around the marginal wire, which is fed. throughthereby:transferringsaid spoolto the next Vircs similar to or of lesscaliber than the marginal wires may be introduced into the shafts of theintermediate carriers, thereby producing a fabric similar to that shownin Fig. 8; or any number of such wires may be used less than the wholenumber of intermediates. For example, a single straight intermediatewirc may be used, as shown at 38, Fig. 9.

Again, additional spool-frames may be introduced in the revolving disksin the vacant seats 8, and these will work out a distinct series ofreticulations, which will intersect the series shown in Fig. 8 or in theupper part of Fig. 9. By variations in the arrangement of these parts,and in the number of straight intermediate wires employed, a variety ofpatterns may be produced on the same machine.

It will be seen that as the disks 7 revolve, the flanged friction-wheels12 engage with the concentric curved edges of the guide-plates andretain the frames in the seats of the disks.

At each revolution of the gear carrying the ring-cam 27 and 27 thefeed-rolls 30 are revolved a distance which may be varied according tothe throw of the cam 34 acting upon the lever 35. By obvious changes themachine may be geared up to give a greater or less number of twists inthe net intersections between each feed. Y

As already indicated, the width of the net hand ofFi g; :7 is: carried;Z Thedotted line in: 595 theadjacent diskshows the path taken by the Espool; after the 5 switch has been operatc d to I Y bringit into thepositionshown by dotted lines, 1 and an inner cam, 27 and2i". Y Upon theextremity ofth'c luneZS, which con'r- .ICO....

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may be varied indefinitely by either extending the train of gears or byintroducing the marginal wires in the intermediate hollow shafts,instead of at the ends of the series,

When this is done,thespools should be removed from the disks outside themarginal wires.

The machine is driven from a power-shaft, 48, Fig. 1, upon which is agear, 39, meshing with a gear, 40, upon one of the shafts 3. A pulley,41, may be mounted upon the power-, shaft 48, as shown in Fig. 2. Thegear 39 and its shaft appear in Figs. 1 and 2, but have not been shownin the other figures.

What I claim is 1. In mechanism for forming netted wire fabric, thecombination, with a train of oppositely-rotating spool-carrying diskscarried in pairsupon shafts arranged in line, each disk having notchesor seats 8, of spool or bobbin frames having journals resting in saidnotches, friction-rolls mounted upon the prolonged ends of saidjournals, guide-plates having intersecting openings, with the edges ofwhich said friction-rolls engage, and automatic switches by which theframes are at intervals withdrawn from the notches of one pair of disksand carried into those of the adjacent oppositelyzrotating disks,substantially as described.

2. The cpmbination, with a train of intermeshing gears arranged in line,each gear having a hollow shaft, of notched spool-carrier disks mountedon said hollow shafts, bobbinframes mounted in said notched disks, andautomatic switches bywhich the bobbin-frames are simultaneouslywithdrawn from the notches of those disks having: similar rotation andlodged in the notches of the adjacent oppositely revolving disks,substantially as de 3. The combination, with a train of intermeshinggears of equal diameter, mounted on prolonged hollow shafts arranged inline, of a corresponding series of spool-carriers mounted on said hollowshafts and having notched disks, bobbin-frames having journals lying inthe notches of said disks, and switches by whichthe bobbin-frames areeach withdrawn from the notches in one pair of disks and lodged in thenotches of the adjacent oppositely-revolving pair of disks,substantially as described.

4. The combination, with a series of carriers driven by a train ofintermeshing gears and a series of bobbin-frames actuated by the same,of switches operated automatically by means of a double ring-cam, alever having a dog running in said cam, and a shifter pivoted at themouth of the ring to throw the dog from the inner to the outercam-surface, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with a train of notched spool-carryin g disksarranged in pairs, driven by intermeshing gears, of bobbin-frames havingjournals resting in the notches of said disks, plates having curvededges lying near the path of each of said journals as the carriersrevolve, and switches which withdraw the bobbin-frames from the notchesof one pair of disks and lodge them in the notches of the ad iacentoppositely-revolving disks, said notches being thrown by connecting-rodsoperated by levers 21 and 22, the latter having connection with a leverrunning in the cam-race of a wheel, 27, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with a series of hollow shafts arranged at --regularintervals and in parallelism, of notched spool-carrying disks arrangedin pairs upon each shaft, bobbinframes having journals which lie in thenotches of said disks and are pierced to permit the passage of thewiresfrom the bobbins, a series of switches to withdraw the journals of saidframes from the notches of the alternate disks and lodge them in thenotches of the adjacent and oppositely-revolving disks, and a series ofintermeshing gears driving said hollow shafts, substantially asdescribed.

7. The combination, with a series of revolving spool-carrying disksdriven by intermeshing gears, of a series of spool or bobbin frameshaving journals or supports lying in seats in'said disks, friction-rollsmounted on the projecting ends of the spool frames, guideplates havingintersecting openings concentric with the path of revolution of thespool-carriers, and switches acting upon the frictionrolls of saidcarriers to transfer thelatter from one pair of disks to the adjacentand oppositely'-. revolving pair, substantially as described.

8. The combination,with the spool-frameslO, having bearings 11, andprovided with an eye or opening, 13, in one of its bearings, of thefriction-rolls 12, the disks 7, having seats 8, the hollow shaft 3,plates 17, having openings 18, and a driving-gear, substantially asdescribed.

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In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

THEODORE M. CONNER.

I Witnesses:

RICHARD A. JACKSON, J NO. R. HALL.

